not sure about the “darling”. like waitresses calling you “hon” darling could be a regional thing in the proper context.
I wuz just thinkin that too.
Here in Da Burgh, if you take out Hon, Dear, Darlin, etc, etc, from the language, you just struck the whole of Pittsburgh “dumb!”
Men and girls alike!! (I’ll get toasted for that one! lol)
At my age, I kinda like those young 20 something hotties calling me Sweetie. As in a waiteress I’ve never seen before askin me: An what can I get for you today Sweetie (or Hon)?
Feminazis have done gone and effed up the whole country. Then they come here, and wail and moan about how the guys and gals here are just so “stupid.”
We may be stupid, but our town is a nicer place because of it. And I think THAT is why they bust a gut.